Spiccato

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Practice this theme making clear the direction of your musical line and dynamic range. Work… — Login to View —

Spiccato is an important bow stroke and can be learnt as soon as the détaché… — Login to View —

Ševčík indicates that we can play this variation either loudly at the frog or softly… — Login to View —

Practice this variation at first with a slurred bowing on the string, to work on… — Login to View —

This elegant variation needs musical thought and offers opportunities to take time and let the… — Login to View —

This variation requires the bow to be lifted after the up bow, so when the… — Login to View —

Ševčík’s 40 variations make us work through a wide range of off-string bowings. Here in… — Login to View —

This variation is a good test of bow division, bow speed and up-bow spiccato. Ševčík… — Login to View —

This variation asks for a spiccato bowing and at tempo is best executed by using… — Login to View —

This variation has specific bow division markings which vary according to the colour or dynamic… — Login to View —

This variation has a lovely lilting character and we need to pay attention to our… — Login to View —

This whimsical, elegant variation in triplets develops Ševčík’s interest in beginning a bow stroke on… — Login to View —

In this variation we need to make the melodic bass line sing clearly and, as… — Login to View —

With all the 40 variations we need to make sure our left hand is helping… — Login to View —

The rests in this variation (bars 1, 5, 6 and similar places), offer you an… — Login to View —

Ševčík’s Variations concentrate on bowing, especially developing control over the many different styles of lifted… — Login to View —

Variation 26 is a march with many challenges for our bow division and control of… — Login to View —

This variation contrasts the on-string martelé stroke and the off-string ricochet stroke, one loud and the… — Login to View —